Wichita eagle., 1887-01-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
OPERA HOUSE.


lar comedy drama, ''Fogg's Ferry" Ms
Evans will appear in her celebrated charac-
ter of Chip" which she has made famous in
all the large cities of the country. She is a
decided favorite with Wichita theatre-goers.
and will be remembered for tbs clever work
she did as Chip" in ''Fogg's Ferry" some
two or three years ago Miss Evans is quite
young, pretty and petite, charming singer
and graceful dancer She is acknowledged
everywhere by competent critics to be one
OF the be It little soubrette actresses on the
stage and the peer of either Lolita, Annie
Pixiey or Maggie Mitchell. She has sur
aounded herself this season with an excel
lent company, and during the performance
Will introduce several new songs, dances,
| medieys. ETC., which are said to be quite
| feature.
Reserved seats go on sale at the Union
ticket Office on Monday morning.
HON. JoHNL.
He came and in his coming he added an
other to his conquestS: for ne has seen W lch-
tia and Wichita has seen him. He came by
the forenoon train and getting in too late for
|
sought the seclusion OF sis room and refused
TO show himself Soon it was whispered
about on Uhe street that TINS was MOI the
Hon. John L., bu0 only a base imitation o.
! the lAu.trlous 4 ueles ram
sent 10 the sporting SEER
Richard x Fox for Information. An AK
IouS, expecLant crowd turonsed the loOoles
o. The Occidental, ana thee he Is, Was
the whisper that greeted the appearance OF
every large man. Finally bets, ran Nigh
Mr.. Murphy, the GENIAL nailaSer, was COLI
suited, and at last Captain ouleIus Was ue-
tailed on an Inspection tour. Inc crowd
surged through tile halls AMI VITA Dal,eu
preaUn awaited tne rtLuru OF tnelr agent.
He came and 10 The listening thiong coL-
InuuIcaLed Tie Intelligence CnaJ IL was he.
Still some We're uudeclded and Shook Their
heado as they moved away. de came u Ills
dinner anu he ate JUST Inc same Us nOiLi
men, then lie went 20 his room ana lay do"n
To sleep as OTHER men. THEN lie ate suppef,
and hen Tie hour came Ior goins " Tie
opera house ueuse crowd OF men and boot
D4acAs packed the pay enienU III front Oh the
locei, all stretching Their HccAs ana
sJralnIng their eyes 10 get JuoJ one glimpse.
lie ;iIl5 nteu from the hack III 1iOIU o. iae
opera, house, cs,Ine III though Tie door ami
to the door Keeper nla4e This single Iemarh
III a deep SuCteiIt voice, which tue way
to Tins d stage" ana etIode hausntliy up
the aisle. Manager Murphy TOOK tno tlouoiu
then 70 troJ MIN OuJ on stag aid intro
duce nun 10 tne audience, DIS Ja-.e appeared
10 be some misunderstanding. linen Tic
naughty John opened his noutn and salu:
! - Nos go QUO much DIS L always hGu
a crowd OF people following me
around The street, which, you know, Is RAIN
er embarrassing His SHOW connenceu
with a sparring match between Dun1 an NJ
Donald and George Labiancne, nexC came
Steve Taylor anu Jimmie Carroll, WHO dld
likewise and eventually ended III hiin and
| Steve Taylor following -ult.
The reporter was u,nered into his presence
when the curtain tell ami nlOdestly inquired
the condition oi his health ana male an i'll
nocent remark regarding the weather.
He said he was feeling pretty good
| now stand He then became very CO Imu-
NEGATIVE and said he was going from acre TO
a small town upon the Missouri, but That t
couldn't remember the name, and that be
expected to meet Cardiff Oh the 18th at Min
neapolis Il have only made few stops III
this state, but have been treated trst-rate
and have been received well-everywhere a
large audiences as has been here discovering.
Now, John, | would like to ask question:
why do you keep SO close TO your room and
not promenade over the streets SO that every
body could see you!n
He immediately commenced to tremble,
grow pale and show signs OF a fearful recoi-
lection. Grabbing the scribe ne rushed MIN
over into corner and breathleSsy wills
pered IN his ear Il was afraid OF the curb
stone real estate brokers. They haunted me
everywhere one clined over the transom
with the plot OF an edition just laid out,
another motioned to me through
the window, another pleaded with me
through the key hole, and fosrth broke Il
pane OF glass to shake deei under my nose.
| tell you what. they can knock me out and
they are the only men in the world who can.
Do you know why: They have 81 much
brass on their cheeks that | would bark my
knuckles if ! touched them Since he has
thus satisfactorily explained matters let no
one rise up to accuse this mighty man of be
ing stingy and mean vita his majestic pres
ence.
THE ELECTRIC CLOCK.
Today aud tomorrow viii positively be the
last two days you VIII have u see this won
derfGl exhibition. The floating head Is the
talk Of the town. and those VINO tail 10 see 1t
Will miss a rare exhibition 1t IS without a
doubt the greatest illusion ever exhibited III
this country, and sh>lld be seeu by every
body. Last night Nj Cordray opened the
cabinet so that the audience could see clear
through il then the audience were more